Charmaine Lang Jul 5, 2020 A Brief, Personal History of Sound Healing [Medium] Returning home from the retreat, with my learned practice of “seeing things as they are,” I began noticing my breath and my ability to...
Charmaine Lang Jun 29, 2020 To the White LGBTQ Community: Your (Racist) Slip Is Showing [Colorlines] Claiming “inclusivity” without being anti-racist doesn’t prevent feelings of exclusion. As a queer Black woman, I don’t want to spend my...
Charmaine Lang Jun 12, 2020 The Joy of Being: Notes on the Academy From a Black Woman [The Faculty] I yearn for care that brings joy and pleasure, and pleasure that also brings about care and joy, because they are necessary for healing....
Charmaine Lang Jun 8, 2020 Journey to Me: How I Came Out to Myself and Embraced All of Me [For Harriet] I was considered the good daughter. The one who did everything she was supposed to do. So, I paraded around as a heterosexual Black woman...
Charmaine Lang Jun 4, 2020 Why DIY Scrubs are a Project Worth Your Time [Medium] Mental Health Awareness Month, celebrated in May since 1949, has ended, but that doesn’t mean your self-care and wellness should. With...
Charmaine Lang May 31, 2020 25 Self-Care Ideas (because joy and care are our birthrights) [Medium] Take three deep breaths. Inhale. Exhale. Repeat. Stay hydrated. Take a nap. Take a bath. Write a poem. Read full list on Medium.
Charmaine Lang May 28, 2020 Mamahood & Community Healing: A Q&A with Ruth Jeannoel [MomsRising.org] We need all forms of care to help create thriving communities. Much of what I learned about care came from Black mamas who modeled what...
Charmaine Lang May 27, 2020 The Pleasure Gospel of Jill Scott and Erykah Badu [Medium] If 2020 came to wreck shit, then music was created to save us. Which is why I am still swooning over Jill Scott’s and Erykah Badu’s love...
Charmaine Lang May 7, 2020 A Self-Care Ritual [Medium] For many Americans, the mandate to shelter in place will end soon. But the anxiety from COVID-19 may linger in the air longer than the...
Charmaine Lang Jan 27, 2020 Everyone Loves Someone Who Had an Abortion: The Ms. Q&A with Eveline Shen and Yamani Hernandez [Ms.] The new abortion messages the groups are hoping to push into the mainstream is centered on compassion and love—a radical shift away from...
